writing for $$$?

[Christ_empowered]

Anyone know how I can go about this? I'm not Tolstoy, but I think I need to try my hand at making $$$ from the written word because...well...its the --1-- skill I have that might = compensation, even if its not all that much compensation.

How do I do this? I don't mean writing a novel and getting published. I mean online, blogs and such. The Internet is filled with ads that look sketch, so I'm hoping somebody here can guide me to something that might--just might--put some $$$ in my pocket.

Thanks.

 

[JohnDB]

Anyone know how I can go about this? I'm not Tolstoy, but I think I need to try my hand at making $$$ from the written word because...well...its the --1-- skill I have that might = compensation, even if its not all that much compensation.

How do I do this? I don't mean writing a novel and getting published. I mean online, blogs and such. The Internet is filled with ads that look sketch, so I'm hoping somebody here can guide me to something that might--just might--put some $$$ in my pocket.

Thanks.

There used to be various research topics that a person could write on (after doing the research) on everything from changing brakes in a car to changing a lightbulb. They don't pay a lot...but it's money. My wife did a little bit of it.
It's not enough money for her time these days. (She is a professional writer, editor, and admin support in the research community)

Good luck with it.

 

[Knotical]

There are a few main different ways to generate money online from writing. One of them actually includes posting comments in forums. I am a member of a site called Postloop. You can sign up for free and after showing off your writing skills in their built in forum you are then able to register for the other forums that are available through the site.

Another way is blogging, though this can take a bit longer to get going in the way of earning some income, and the main income you would get from that is ads you allow to be placed on your blog site. I use blogger, which has very easy tools to use to get ads posted on your site in conjunction with either google adsense or another online ad source.

If you are looking for opportunities to be directly paid for your content you will have to seek out specific sites that will do this. One way is to find a popular blog that is accepting submissions, but you do have to show examples of your work.

If you want to build something on your own it will take quite a while to develop a following, and you can end up spending much of your time just trying to drive traffic to your site. One good tool for this is Facebook, where you can setup a page for your site and share it to everyone you know and hope it goes a little viral so you get some free traffic out of it.

 

[Christ_empowered]

thanks for the replies. I'm not looking to make mega $$$, but some $$$ thru my own efforts would be nice. At this point, I'm too socially weird and such to be around people for too long, but I figure writing on my own time for some $$$ would be good.

Thanks again.

 

[JohnDB]

After a month of hard core writing in this fashion you probably can purchase a T-shirt and a nice dinner.

Most professional writers make less than $10,000 per year.
So if you do better or worse than the average...I wouldn't worry.

 

[Milk-Drops]

I would sugest figuring out who your audience is. Is your blog political, review based, religous, etc?

Then maybe set up a patreon where people who read your blog can donate monthly for your posts. Get some banner adds. Try to contact other writers to see if you can get some advice. Go to conventions or meet ups where the topics you are discussing are happening. Network big time.

That should get you started.

 

[MSchultz]

If you has a specific topic you are going to write about, it may be wise to research other authors who also write on the same or a similar topic.
If you are gifted at writing, blogs can earn you some money, however how much money I cannot say. For your benefit, I have posted a link below to a website that may answer some of your questions.

http://angiemjordan.com/how-much-do-bloggers-make-the-real-answer-you-may-not-want-to-hear/

 

[KevinK]

CE, you might want to do a little research on "Self-publishing". I don't know too much about it, but I've heard people talk about it, and it might be perfect for the small-to-medium audience markets that a new and emerging author like yourself would start out with. I've known several successful ones. Not huge money at first, but definitely successful. I may do this myself someday (I've done some professional writing in the past). You do seem to write uncommonly well, why not give it a shot?

 

[Free]

Anyone know how I can go about this? I'm not Tolstoy, but I think I need to try my hand at making $$$ from the written word because...well...its the --1-- skill I have that might = compensation, even if its not all that much compensation.

How do I do this? I don't mean writing a novel and getting published. I mean online, blogs and such. The Internet is filled with ads that look sketch, so I'm hoping somebody here can guide me to something that might--just might--put some $$$ in my pocket.

Thanks.

I meant to post this guy earlier but I forgot:

http://goinswriter.com

You can also sign up for emails and such.

 

[Deborah13]

thanks for the replies. I'm not looking to make mega $$$, but some $$$ thru my own efforts would be nice. At this point, I'm too socially weird and such to be around people for too long, but I figure writing on my own time for some $$$ would be good.

Thanks again.

CE, I agree with KevinK . I have always enjoyed your writing. I believe you have talent in this area.
Just get a note pad and start writing. Write anything and everything. What you think, feel, see....It doesn't have to follow in particular theme to begin with. You can jump all over the place. Just write. I think you will find yourself putting things together and you will be surprised at what you have done.
God bless you and your work.

 

[th1b.taylor]

Anyone know how I can go about this? I'm not Tolstoy, but I think I need to try my hand at making $$$ from the written word because...well...its the --1-- skill I have that might = compensation, even if its not all that much compensation.

How do I do this? I don't mean writing a novel and getting published. I mean online, blogs and such. The Internet is filled with ads that look sketch, so I'm hoping somebody here can guide me to something that might--just might--put some $$$ in my pocket.

Thanks.

Write your book on the computer and save it as an Ebook,c either format but I recall .mobi for Amazon and sell it through them as an Ebook and if it is any good you will be offered a deal to publish in the hard cover format. I currently have about 200 pages of my book and because I have written it as a novel, based of fact, I am looking for 300 to 350 pages.

Good luck and may god bless.

 

[th1b.taylor]

I just checked again and Amazon is .epub but .pdf or .mobi convert to .epub with numbers of tools with just the push of a button. In Linux there are a number of tools, all free, to write or to convert text into one of the three ebook formats and I suspect there will be also for windoze.

 

[iLOVE]

On our best day we are operating on limited information. Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding. God does everything just right and on time. For all the promises of God in Him (Christ) are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

But seek you first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33

 

[Christ_empowered]

wow...thanks for all the thoughtful replies.

I should be finished with my degree (at looooong last, lol) 2nd semester this coming academic year. 1st semester classes start tomorrow, which is exciting. This isn't the major I started in (online Sociology degrees are few and far between, and...why would I want one? LOL), but I'm learning to love History. My other option was psychology, which...not so much, at least not right now. I've been through Mental Health, Inc. so much that I just couldn't stomach a psychology degree, even at the undergraduate level.

Point is...now, I'm thinking: well, dude man, what now? If I'd --really-- had my thinking cap on, I would have gone to tech school and gotten training in something vocational. I had aging college credits and the urge to do --something--, so...I pursued an online 4 year degree. I don't regret my decision, but I do now wonder...well...what now?

There's an online masters...its english, with an emphasis in either fiction or non-fiction. I like writing both. I have more experience with non-fiction, but...fiction would be cool, too, and doing a degree program would provide structure and education in the craft of writing. It occurs to me that, behind all the mystique and all that surrounds writing...its a craft, a vocation. I doubt anyone can take a class and walk out a literary master, but I think that classes would teach me how to structure stories, different techniques, etc. But, then again, the question...well, dude man, what now?

Ugh. I'll just start writing more, like deborah suggested, and see where it takes me. I have a while yet till I finish the undergraduate program...

Again, thanks for all the replies. I appreciate it.

 

[th1b.taylor]

On our best day we are operating on limited information. Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding. God does everything just right and on time. For all the promises of God in Him (Christ) are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

But seek you first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33

Since you were not at all helpful to this young man seeking to fulfill God's will for his life and you were, otherwise, impolite but posted directly after my post, causing the appearance of either caring less or of vindictiveness, I am left to choose the best of the reasons I can discern and figure you took an unwarranted swipe at me. That's not nice and if you did not mean it that way, you might learn a bit about Internet Courtesies.

There are a number of senior Christians in this string that seek to help this youngster and I have such an issue trying to see your comment as one of Christ-like love except you should have prefaced your comment with (CEl, or a quote of one of his posts.)

Please, be polite and treat this post as an ad-hominem comment and let's not derail CE's string.